Interior lighting advice please (pic included)

[LyGuy]

Hi guys,

I'm working on this interior render and wonder what I can do to improve or adjust the lighting. It's still in the 'early stages' and I have obviously not finished with the materials. I will add the furniture and decor after I'm happy with the lighting. Most of the focus will be on the lower floor. Right now it's just using the sun for lighting.

[nimajalali@aol.com]

Hiii,,
nice work,, well I will say my opinions if its ok,,, <not just related to lighting>
(1) Lights on the Patio (outside of the windows) is confusing for me,, I think it will be better if you simplify the geometries,, I can see one slab is on the air (the little one on the left)!! true?!
(2) You may decrease the amount of sunlight and put one or two omni inside and IES below the ceilings,,,,
(3) I think the you can increase the glossiness of the floor material to something like .85 or .9 (for its reflection)
(4) And,, what is the height of each of the steps??? it seems something much more than 25cm? right?

[arqestevez1]

point number four of nimajalali is the first that i noticed hehe
brother, your illumination seems fine, you just need to seel more the image. change the output to a more rectangular format and try to show more... find your artistic side, remember that this is like taking pictures... get on your knees and look for a better angle. you need baseboards, and basicaly finish all the modelling. in my case i rather not to use any artificial lights when you have so many oportunities with the sunlight.
if you're still not happy, then just go to the phisical camera and make it brighter.
the floor does seem like it needs work. i think it has too much reflection, and also it's a little noisy. try with arrowaytextures.com and look for one good one, they come with the reflection, bump and displacement map